Divided by a common language......
 

We had GREAT British friends in our Village neighborhood. One day my wife asked him what time would be leaving to out to dinner. His reply was " I'll be around at 5pm and "knock you up." :faint: You can only imagine the look on her face. :ho:

Hehehe... could not figure out what my mother in law meant at the dinner table when she stood up and said: “I have to spend a penny.”

.......or a Jimmy Riddle,

Heard at various times at work by co-workers and customers alike:

"That's dope." (not referring to drugs)
"That's stupid." (not referring to an unintelligent behavior)
"How YOU doin." (referring to Joey Tribiani; the correct response is "I'm doin. How YOU doin."

Co-workers and bosses alternately use the terms "lock-box," "acrylic," and "ink boxes" to describe a clear acrylic box with a black magnetic top used to secure ink cartridges and other valueable goods in the store. If you try to take one out of the store, it sets off the alarm. A special magnet is used to unlock it and take the product out for sale.

At different places of employment, white or kraft envelopes padded with bubble-wrap are called either bubble envelopes or Jiffies (referring to the most common manufacturer of these envelopes, Jiffy).

Sick...

Just don’t be a Biter.

Use Urban Dictionary if needed. LOL

Fanny pack has a whole nuther meaning in England.. :eek:

Pocketbook, purse, bag, handbag

pants, slacks, trousers

pop, soda, tonic, soft drink - and in certain parts of the country, soda = soda-water and tonic is only tonic-water. So if you go to those places and ask for either of those two things, that's what you get.

Milk shake, shake, frappe, thick shake - in Boston, it used to be that a milk shake would get you milk, with syrup, shaken. If you wanted what the rest of the country calls a shake, you'd have to ask for a frappe. Bostonians are smarter than the average bear though and figured out what you mean.

:ohdear: My fault for not spelling it out better..... but some got it.


Two countries divided by a single language. English in the U.K. and English in the U.S.A.

Windscreen vs Windshield as an example :ho:

:1rotfl: Don't be a wanker!

:faint:

:icon_wink:

Time: half six
Race (as in F1): cracking Brilliant or Rubbish
Bangers and mash

I wear sweaters. Our British friends and Aussie son & DIL wear jumpers. If I get things "organized," they get things "sorted." If something works like a charm for me, it works a treat for them.

Boot is trunk on car.
We drive on the road, and walk on pavement.
Marked crosswalks, are Zebra Crossings.
Two times is twice.
Social Security, is what the unemployed receive.
Retirees get their State Pension.

Slang.
A wig/hair piece is a ferret.
Brahms and Liszt is drunk (****ed)
Dog and bone is phone.
Going for a Tom Tit. (you work it out!)

Two of the channels offered on a British Airways flight were in British English and American English. At a live show in Majorca the emcee asked the audience if they spoke American or British English.

British English - Lift
American English - Elevator



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Now that's FUNNY! :bigbow:

Wish our tolerance for all, was more flexible, hmmmm!

Good manners and kindness seem to translate well.

That would mean a person would be Bugger, I forgot how to spell the rest of it.

Some sales lady said a few British things to my son when he was trying to order a MINI COOPER in Manhattan. She was very funny, he didn't have a clue what she was saying. I was cracking up! :blahblahblah: She sold him the car!

A 'Wanker', can also be called a 'Bl**dy Tosser'